Year 2014

12 June -July 13 2014

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil, and is won by Germany, with the runners-up being Argentina

13 February 2014

Belgium becomes the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill patients of any age

17 July 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (Boeing 777) crashes in Ukraine, after being shot down by a missile. 298 people die, including 15 crew members.

19 June 2014

King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, who ascends the Spanish throne as King Felipe VI

27 April 2014

The Catholic Church canonizes Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on Divine Mercy Sunday

7-23 February 2014

The XXII Olympic Winter Games are held in Sochi, Russia

8 March 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean

2014

Nobel Prizes Physics: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura

2014

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, William Moerner

2014

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: $John O'Keefe$, May-Britt Moser, Edvard Moser

2014

Nobel Prizes Peace: Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai

2014

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine:

2014

Nobel Prizes Literature: Patrick Modiano

2014

87 Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: J. K. Simmons, Whiplash

2014

87 Academy Award Best Picture: Birdman

2014

87 Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

2014

87 Academy Award Best Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

2014

87 Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

2014

87 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film: Ida (Poland)

2014

87 Academy Award Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014

87 Academy Award Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

2014

87 Academy Award Best Original Song: 'Glory' - Selma- Music & Lyrics: Common & John Legend

2014

WINTER OLYMPICS, Winter Olympics XXII: Sochi, Russia

2014

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: San Antonio Spurs d. Miami Heat (1-1)

2014

Football XLVIII Super Bowl: Seattle Seahawks (NFC) d. Denver Broncos (AFC) 43-8

2014

Baseball World Series: San Francisco Giants (NL) 4-3 Kansas City Royals Ned Yost (AL)

2014

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Novak Djokovic d. Roger Federer (6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4)

2014

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Petra Kvitova d. Eugenie Bouchard (6-3, 6-0)

2014

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid CF (Spain)

2014

UEFA_Champions_League, Soccer World Cup: Germany d. Argentina, (1-0) in Brazil

2014

2014 Playboy cover

2014 August 11

Robin Williams, actor (dead at Paradise Cay, California,USA) (born 1951 July 21) Cancer

2014 December 18

Virna Lisi, actress (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1936 November 08) Scorpio

2014 March 01

Alain Resnais , movie director (dead at Parigi, Francia) (born 1922 June 03) Gemini

2014 August 24

Aldo Donati , songwriter, actor,conduttore televisivo (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1947 September 02) Virgo

2014 July 07

Alfredo Di Stefano , Calciatore argentino e spagnolo (born 1926 July 04) Cancer

2014 January 11

Ariel Sharon , Politician (dead at Ramat Gan, Israel) (born 1928 February 26) Pisces

2014 January 11

Arnoldo Foà , actor (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1916 January 24) Aquarius

2014 January 22

Carlo Mazzacurato , movie director,sceneggiatore (dead at Padova,Italy) (born 1956 March 02) Pisces

2014 January 20

Claudio Abbado , orchestral conductor (dead at Bologna, Italy) (born 1933 June 26) Cancer

2014 June 24

Eli Wallach , actor (dead at New York,USA) (born 1915 December 07) Sagittarius

2014 January 05

Eusebio , soccer player (dead at Lisbona, Portogallo) (born 1942 January 25) Aquarius

2014 August 08

Federico Orlando , journalist (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1928 October 13) Libra

2014 April 17

Gabriel Garcia Marquez , Colombian novelist (dead at City of Mexico, Mexico) (born 1927 March 06) Pisces

2014 July 04

Giorgio Faletti , actor,writer,singer (dead at Torino,Italy) (born 1950 November 25) Sagittarius

2014 February 24

Harold Allen Ramis , actor (born 1944 November 21) Scorpio

2014 December 03

Ian McLagan , WORK (born 1945 May 12) Taurus

2014 December 22

Joe Cocker , singer (dead at Crawford, Colorado, USA) (born 1944 May 20) Taurus

2014 December 05

Manuel De Sica , actor (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1949 February 24) Pisces

2014 April 06

Mickey Rooney , actor (dead at Studio City, California, USA) (born 1920 September 23) Libra

2014 February 25

Paco de Lucia , guitarist (dead at Cancun,Mexico) (born 1947 December 21) Sagittarius

2014 June 24

Paolo Salvati , painter,artista (born 1939 February 22) Pisces

2014 December 07

Pino Mango , songwriter (born 1956 November 06) Scorpio

2014 24

Richard Attenborough , actor,director (dead at London, England, UK) (born 1923 August 29) Virgo

2014 August 24

Richard Samuel Attenborough , actor,director(Barone di Richmond upon Thames) (dead at London,UK) (born 1923 August 29) Virgo

2014 20

Rubin Hurricane Carter , boxer

2014 February 10

Shirley Temple , actress (dead at Woodside,California, USA) (born 1928 April 23) Taurus